Assonet Bay
Assonet Bay is a lake in Assonet, a village within the town of Freetown, Massachusetts. The Assonet River connects the waters of the bay with the Taunton River.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest
Highlights include Dighton Rock and Berkley State Forest.
Dighton Rock
Archaeological site
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Dighton Rock is a 40-ton boulder, originally located in the riverbed of the Taunton River at Berkley, Massachusetts. The rock is noted for its petroglyphs, carved designs of ancient and uncertain origin, and the controversy about their creators.
Berkley State Forest
Recreation area
Photo: Faolin42, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Berkley State Forest is a small tract of forest land located near Route 24 in Berkley, Massachusetts in Dighton Rock State Park. It is owned by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts and operated by the Department of Conservation and Recreation.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Somerset and Freetown.
Somerset
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Somerset is a small town in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It is built on the western bank of the Taunton River, connected by bridges with Fall River and sharing a border with Swansea.
Freetown
Photo: Kzirkel, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Freetown is a rural town on the Assonet River in the SouthCoast region of Massachusetts. It includes the villages of East Freetown and Assonet.
Swansea
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Swansea is a town near the mouth of the Taunton River in Massachusetts. Swansea is a local retail hub, with businesses lining its central artery, Grand Army of the Republic Highway.
Assonet Bay
- Type: Bay
- Description: bay in Massachusetts, United States of America
- Category: body of water
- Location: Bristol, Massachusetts, New England, United States, North America
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Latitude
41.8025° or 41° 48′ 9″ northLongitude
-71.0905° or 71° 5′ 26″ westOpen location code
87HCRW25+XROpenStreetMap ID
node 8864552714OpenStreetMap feature
natural=bayWikidata ID
Q4810291
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In Other Languages
“Assonet Bay” goes by many names.
- Cebuano: “Assonet Bay”
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Localities in the Area
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